Commander of the Croatian Navy

The Commander of the Croatian Navy is the official head of the Croatian Navy. Commodore Damir Dojkić is the current commander and was appointed in 2024.

Commander of the Croatian Navy
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Incumbent Rear Admiral Ivo Raffanelli since 18 December 2017
Croatian Navy
Reports to	Chief of the General Staff
Term length	No fixed length
Precursor	Commander of the Yugoslav Navy
Formation	12 September 1991
First holder	Sveto Letica
Deputy	Deputy Commander, Chief of Naval Staff

List of commanders

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Letica, SvetoAdmiral flote Sveto Letica (1926–2001)	12 September 1991	1 June 1996	4 years, 263 days	[1]
2		Letica, SvetoAdmiral Vid Stipetić [hr] (1937–2011)	1 June 1996	31 December 2002	6 years, 213 days	[2]
3		Kardum, ZdravkoViceadmiral Zdravko Kardum [hr] (born 1953)	31 December 2002	19 March 2007	4 years, 78 days	[3]
4		Urlić, AnteViceadmiral Ante Urlić [hr] (born 1956)	19 March 2007	1 November 2012	5 years, 227 days	[4]
5		Hranj, RobertAdmiral Robert Hranj (born 1962)	1 November 2012	30 January 2015	2 years, 90 days	[5]
6		Stipanović, PredragKontraadmiral Predrag Stipanović (born 1964)	30 January 2015	18 December 2017	2 years, 320 days	[6][7]
7		Raffanelli, IvoKontraadmiral Ivo Raffanelli (born 1965)	1 January 2018	12 January 2024	6 years, 11 days	[8][9]
7		Dojkić, DamirKomodor Damir Dojkić (born 1966)	12 January 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 197 days	[10]